Guelph Public Library
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Guelph Public Library | |
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Vision:Guelph Public Library - Explore · Connect · Thrive. | |
![]() Carnegie library building in Guelph 1905-1964 | |
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Location | Guelph, Ontario, Canada |
Established | 1850 |
Branches | 7 |
Collection | |
Items collected | business directories, government publications, non-fiction and fiction books, periodicals, genealogy, local history, DVDs, CDs |
Other information | |
Director | Steven Kraft, CEO |
Website | http://www.guelphpl.ca/ |
Guelph Public Library is a public library system serving the City of Guelph in Canada. The main library downtown, five branches, and a bookmobile (seven branches total) serve about 123,000 residents in Guelph. The current CEO is Steven Kraft.[1]
Branches
- Bullfrog Mall
- Bookmobile
- East Side
- Main
- Scottsdale
- West End
- Westminster
History
In 1883, the Guelph Public Library was the first public library in Ontario established under the Public Library Act of 1882.[2]. The collection of the Farmers and Mechanics Institute library, which had been a free public lending library since 1850, was contributed to the newly founded Guelph Public Library.[3]
The first library building was completed in September 1905 at the corner of Norfolk and Paisley streets downtown, partly through a Carnegie Foundation grant of $24,000.[4]: 30–31 The neo-classical (Beaux Art) structure, had been designed in 1902 by W. Frye Colwill.[5] According to a University publication, "The library permitted free access, used the Dewey Decimal system classification, and provided a card catalogue. The motto, "Floreat Scientia" ("Let Knowledge Grow") was carved above the stone entrance. A special Guelph feature was its dome, one of the few built in this fashion in Canada".[6] It was demolished in 1964 in spite of public opposition, and replaced with the current structure on Norfolk St.[7][8]
A new public library may be built near the Baker St. parking lot, which is to be redeveloped as the Baker District. Preliminary discussions about a new main branch had taken place by summer 2017 with some decision expected to be made in 2018.[9][10]
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: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ Fear, Jon; Masterman, Chris (2018). Flash from the past : 140 photographs from the Waterloo Region Record (Firstition ed.). Biblioasis. ISBN 1771962739.
- ^ http://guelphpostcards.blogspot.ca/2013/12/the-carnegie-library.html
- ^ https://www.uoguelph.ca/~lbruce/photos/Guelph.htm
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2016-06-30. Retrieved 2016-05-27.
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: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ https://www.guelphmercury.com/news-story/2728694-a-stroll-through-downtown-guelph-wishing-for-what-used-to-be/
- ^ http://www.thefountainpen.com/s/showstory?id=16817
- ^ https://www.guelphmercury.com/news-story/7449107-guelph-councillors-reaffirm-support-for-library-on-baker-street/